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RUSSIAN VERB

темнеть

to get dark

  • #499 most used
  • Imperfective verb

Conjugation

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Present

Настоящее время · now and habits: imperfective verbs only

  1. it gets dark

Past

Прошедшее время · by gender and number: он говорил, она говорила

  1. it got dark

Future

Будущее время · “буду” and the infinitive for an imperfective verb; a perfective verb conjugates by itself

  1. it will get dark

Conditional

Условное наклонение · “would”: the past and “бы”

  1. it would get dark

How to use темнеть

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Зимой в Москве темнеет уже в четыре.

    In winter in Moscow it gets dark as early as four.

  2. Past

    Темнело, а мы ещё не дошли до дома.

    It was getting dark and we still hadn't got home.

  3. Future

    В октябре будет темнеть всё раньше.

    In October it'll get dark earlier and earlier.

  4. Conditional

    Темнело бы позже, если бы не перевели часы.

    It would get dark later if they hadn't changed the clocks.

Good to know

  • Темнеет, темнело: the day getting dark, with no subject, like the English "it". Стемнеть is once: уже стемнело.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: imperfective verb.